Misc./#3 Irritability
Question:
Note to Misc. group: The definition below of the group does not mean to imply anti or pro HRT and includes people who are trying to get along without it, yet consider it a possible future option. I’ll try to reword the form better for the next symptom. I do listen to and appreciate all comments. RULES OF THE GAME: In an effort to help each other we will divide into groups. All women who have taken HRT for more than one year, but not had a hysterectomy will be one group. The next group willl be all women regardless of whether they are taking HRT or not who have had a hysterectomy. The next group (a new one by request!) will be all women who have had a tubal ligation. The next group will be women who began peri-menopause before or at age 36. I pick this age because this is the age when pregnancy is termed high risk. The next group will be women who have chosen to take nothing during peri-menopause and menopause. The last group will be the women who do not qualify for the above groups, in other words, have tried a variety of things from HRT short-term to "natural" HRT to vitamins to accupuncture to whatever. Find your group and just click on Reply to Group or Author and begin commenting. I have roughly divided the Stages of Peri-menopause into three parts: Symptom #3 Irritability Newbies: Experiencing changes in their periods, mild hot flashes, foggy thinking, changes in their body looks. Excited about getting their first HRT. Expecting their periods to stop next month. Looking forward to being pain free. Probably having other of the 33 symptoms, but being unaware that they are symptoms, attributing them to something else. Mid-Meno-Ow!!sers: Experiencing many hard to identify sensations that are not pleasant to uncomfortable. Angry about just everything. Extremely emotional. Waving the flag of hopelessness. Running the gamut of the 33 symptoms at an alarming rate. (This is the longest phase.) Almost Post-Menopausal Zesters: The gals that take the most complaints/criticism on the group. The ones who express signs of freedom, hope, strength, periods of wellness. Still experiencing some symptoms, especially insomnia. Hot flashing like crazy. You can fill in more than one category, depending on how long you’ve been in peri-menopause or menopause. Tell what did you think? How did it feel? What did you do? Did it work? What else was going on in your life? Do you have questions about it? And anything else you’d like to say. You can also bring this thread back to life later if you have this symptom for the first time or again during a different phase and fill in the blanks. You may e-mail me your comments privately if you prefer. Please mention in your post that you wish to be anonymous when the results of the Self Study are posted to the group. However, the more women who post to the group, the more discussion is generated the more we can help each other. If you are new to the Self Study, the symptoms already discussed are #1 hot flash and #2 heart palpitations. You may include your comments on these symptoms as well to catch up. — Cool Runnings, HomemakerJ //////\ ^^ xx ~ ~ xx ^^ xx “0 0 ” xx ho…@interaccess.com xx ^ xx Homemak…@aol.com xx ^^ xx xx _/ xx ^^ ^^ xx xx ^^ ^^ xx xx xx xx xx xx /// ^^
Response:
HomemakerJ <ho…@interaccess.com> wrote in article <01bbff82$50969da0$31559…@Phomej.interaccess.com>… > Note to Misc. group: The definition below of the group does not mean to > imply anti or pro HRT and includes people who are trying to get along > without it, yet consider it a possible future option. I’ll try to reword > the form better for the next symptom. I do listen to and appreciate all > comments. > Symptom #3 Irritability
Here’s my report: > Newbies:
The first few years of peri-menopause or the last few years of bad PMS (it kind of blurs in my mind) were probably my most irritable. I was having about three days out of every month when I didn’t feel lousy and I remember worrying everything to death. I’d be totally off the wall about something and at the same time felt adamantly that I was right. I’d run the same arguments over and over in my head and even when I told myself to stop I didn’t seem able to. > Mid-Meno-Ow!!sers:
Once I became aware of peri-menopause and it’s ways, my irritability decreased tremendously. It took more the form of getting upset when I was trying to concentrate on something and got interrupted. In the last couple of years I don’t get irritable much because I’ve made a very conscious effort to keep a middle of the road course on my emotions and activities, neither to little or too much. It has helped tremendously. Once in a great while when I have a bad bout of insomnia such as Cathe has recently been describing where I go a week or so with between 1-3 hours of sleep I get irritable, but even that is more a feeling of hopelessness or being desperate. All in all I think peri-menopause (after that first bad period described above) has mellowed me out and I’m less irritable than I ever was. > Almost Post-Menopausal Zesters: Not there yet.
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